Manabanana
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Willing to be done with this one now.
Moving on to next panel.
Moving on to next panel.
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NeoGAF Drawing-a-Day Thread
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User 73706
Banned
Oh my god I'm falling behind again.
Hopefully I should have one or two more of these up by the end of the night.
Hopefully I should have one or two more of these up by the end of the night.
killertofu
Member
Didn't know this thread existed!
I expect to start up drawing again. I used to draw so much during my younger years. Kinda stopped during high school, then college, then here I am post graduate. I mostly want to get back in it so my storyboards for short films don't comprise of stick figures
I expect to start up drawing again. I used to draw so much during my younger years. Kinda stopped during high school, then college, then here I am post graduate. I mostly want to get back in it so my storyboards for short films don't comprise of stick figures
User 73706
Banned
Alright, three more.
Finally, here's the finalized concept of Drei's initial outfit. It's still sketchy right now but I'm going to try and get the lineart touched up and colored in sometime tomorrow. Took about 45 minutes in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
The little logo thing below his name acts as a sort of "personal logo" for him even among the Nullpunk, and doubles in-game as the crosshairs for his weapon, which is basically a hardlight stave that you can throw like a javelin.
As part of the character reference sheet for Horus, his melee weapon is a space rapier - shown here in hugeass vector format. Took about half an hour in Illustrator CS6.
Vectorized version of the new Nullpunk logo. Took about 15 minutes in Illustrator. The Nullpunk are basically Space Atlanteans with Glacius-style ice supersuits, for reference.
Finally, here's the finalized concept of Drei's initial outfit. It's still sketchy right now but I'm going to try and get the lineart touched up and colored in sometime tomorrow. Took about 45 minutes in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
The little logo thing below his name acts as a sort of "personal logo" for him even among the Nullpunk, and doubles in-game as the crosshairs for his weapon, which is basically a hardlight stave that you can throw like a javelin.
PaulExcellent
Member
I drew a pixel-art representation of an old piece I made for an Art class.
Day 99, ~2hrs.
Day 100, ~2h40m. That's gonna be it for me, at least for a while.
Have you tried the squinting trick? It's a useful habit to get into, especially when doing value studies. http://www.fresia.com/technique/on-squinting/
It's been a while folks. I've been lurking in the thread via my phone since I didn't have any internet for about 2.5 months (it went down in mid July). Always love seeing other people's work as it motivates me.
I'm not gonna post everything that I've done since it's a lot of stuff unless you guys want me to. But I will say that I've done some 3D modeling in Maya since I'm taking a class for it as well as abstract stuff (taking a color theory class this semester), some digital drawings (far and few), and I filled up my last Moleskine sketch pad with the last of my subway drawings.
That being said, I got a new cheaper pocket sized sketch pad (Bristol journal FTW) to continue sketching people in public so these are the new ones from that book. I want to have massive stacks of these books filled with subway drawings because they're fun to do.
Pen, Sharpie markers, and colored pencils; 10-45 mins each (the colored ones took much longer). Drawing in marker is more challenging but rewarding since I have to deliberately think about lines and whatnot:
Bonus: Last ambitious digital drawing I put some serious time into and did from start to finish (something like 4.5-5 hours). I was playing around with various brushes and used a bunch of water color brushes in Photoshop. I absolutely love the way it came out; I'm really proud of this one. Dark Souls was in my mind as I drew it:
I'm not gonna post everything that I've done since it's a lot of stuff unless you guys want me to. But I will say that I've done some 3D modeling in Maya since I'm taking a class for it as well as abstract stuff (taking a color theory class this semester), some digital drawings (far and few), and I filled up my last Moleskine sketch pad with the last of my subway drawings.
That being said, I got a new cheaper pocket sized sketch pad (Bristol journal FTW) to continue sketching people in public so these are the new ones from that book. I want to have massive stacks of these books filled with subway drawings because they're fun to do.
Pen, Sharpie markers, and colored pencils; 10-45 mins each (the colored ones took much longer). Drawing in marker is more challenging but rewarding since I have to deliberately think about lines and whatnot:
Bonus: Last ambitious digital drawing I put some serious time into and did from start to finish (something like 4.5-5 hours). I was playing around with various brushes and used a bunch of water color brushes in Photoshop. I absolutely love the way it came out; I'm really proud of this one. Dark Souls was in my mind as I drew it:
User 73706
Banned
Damn son! I was expecting something nuts for day 100 and you didn't disappoint. I can't believe you managed to crank stuff out so consistently. It'll suck to see you go but I can't say I don't blame you.
I'll try and have something special up for Day 100, too, even if it's not my 100th drawing-a-day.
Thanks, it seems I have some values wrong, I think I have an issue with being afraid of going too dark.
Btw your brushwork is just flawless as always.
I hope this is better.
User 73706
Banned
I know it's technically past midnight, but time for a Day 100 Art Blowout! First off:
Super pointless sketch of all the Livechamber classes together. Took about 3 hours. It's something like 1000x3400 and all the characters are to scale - Luca (lavender and magenta one near the middle) is about 5'8", for reference. More importantly, I got the last two class logos done!
Hadal logo. Took about 20 minutes. I wanted to do something Final Fantasy-esque, but there's some deeper symbolism - first person to figure it out gets a cookie.
Becryon logo. Spent about 45 just playing with effects to get something I was okay with. They're drop shock troopers, so yeah. I also made a little .gif of the complete set:
And here are the stills, in case anyone wants a free avatar:
If anyone wants a custom avatar from one of the icons (different size, colors etc) just let me know.
Super pointless sketch of all the Livechamber classes together. Took about 3 hours. It's something like 1000x3400 and all the characters are to scale - Luca (lavender and magenta one near the middle) is about 5'8", for reference. More importantly, I got the last two class logos done!
Hadal logo. Took about 20 minutes. I wanted to do something Final Fantasy-esque, but there's some deeper symbolism - first person to figure it out gets a cookie.
Becryon logo. Spent about 45 just playing with effects to get something I was okay with. They're drop shock troopers, so yeah. I also made a little .gif of the complete set:
And here are the stills, in case anyone wants a free avatar:
If anyone wants a custom avatar from one of the icons (different size, colors etc) just let me know.
Thanks, man. I just saw the new stuff. Pretty cool seeing all the characters together like that. And those logos are seriously awesome. I've no idea what the deeper symbolism might be for the Hadal logo, but it looks damn cool.
Nice. That looks really good. It's not easy figuring out the correct values when working with reference placed against a white background, but it looks like you pretty much nailed it.
AFollowerNotALeader
Member
So I stopped a bit for a while because I was constantly on leave/at meetings.
Last week I started up again. I've deliberately not been keeping times, and I know I'm not going to manage every day either. Figured I might drag the average standard down a bit by posting the bits I've felt happy enough with to put on DeviantArt.
All done in the GIMP with my Wacom bamboo.
I'm really really pleased with the third piece. It was pretty fun to draw too.
Last week I started up again. I've deliberately not been keeping times, and I know I'm not going to manage every day either. Figured I might drag the average standard down a bit by posting the bits I've felt happy enough with to put on DeviantArt.
Warming up after a long break:
Working on drawing the hand:
Trying a harsher shading for a "cartoony" "bright" piece:
All done in the GIMP with my Wacom bamboo.
I'm really really pleased with the third piece. It was pretty fun to draw too.
Manabanana
Member
Really jealous of that line work.
Here's the first strip of the short comic I'm working on:
User 73706
Banned
Just did a study of a generic Becryon dude for today, took about 15 minutes. They're asexual, silicon-based life that evolved from primordial microbes and eventually developed larger, more humanoid forms and navigated subterranean caverns before advancing technologically. They'll generally assume male or female pronouns during adolescence for simplicity's sake and possess both cryokinetic powers and minor shapeshifting abilities (they're blob monsters).
Day 43. Faith from Mirror's Edge.
Thanks! I'm jealous of your painting skills, can we trade? :X
The lighting in those comics panels is ridiculous and you did such a superb job on making each material distinct.
...both of you are making me want to paint something shiny, haha.
Thanks! I'm jealous of your painting skills, can we trade? :X
The lighting in those comics panels is ridiculous and you did such a superb job on making each material distinct.
Diggin' the atmosphere here. First one's subtle colors and the rendering on the foreground lady are killer.
...both of you are making me want to paint something shiny, haha.
First one is something I forgot to post the other day. Took about five hours. She was just going to be in a simple white sundress, but I was awfully horny that day. As you can see, it evolved into something else entirely. You can almost smell the cheep perfume.
This one I just did, took about an hour-ish, didn't really keep track, was watching some Archer, in between.
I really love the brushes strokes and how you easily capture the feel and texture of the stone/marble. It's really great.
This one I just did, took about an hour-ish, didn't really keep track, was watching some Archer, in between.
I really love the brushes strokes and how you easily capture the feel and texture of the stone/marble. It's really great.
Shogmaster
Member
FreshPaint. T902. ~3 to 5min?
PaulExcellent
Member
AFollowerNotALeader
Member
Hopefully I'll find the time to colour this tomorrow:
As usual, Wacom/GIMP.
As usual, Wacom/GIMP.
Day 44, Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire. Trying to recreate an old drawing/coloring process since someone requested that style...
Thanks! :3
Thanks! :3
AFollowerNotALeader
Member
Yeah.
I feel like I made this worse!
I feel like I made this worse!
User 73706
Banned
Just a quick 10 minute doodle for today. Spoiler warning: it features a Pokemon from XY that's been revealed due to leakers - it has not been officially unveiled.
Context: I had a really awful Pichu alternate evo idea ages ago called Kenkachu (Kenkaku, Japanese for "swordsman" + chu). In hindsight, it probably would have worked fine as a Mega Pikachu evolution, but Game Freak's been progressively making stuff that turned out a lot like my old concepts since Gen IV. Anyways, this new Pokemon looks suspiciously similar in color scheme, proportions, etc.
Click to view.
Context: I had a really awful Pichu alternate evo idea ages ago called Kenkachu (Kenkaku, Japanese for "swordsman" + chu). In hindsight, it probably would have worked fine as a Mega Pikachu evolution, but Game Freak's been progressively making stuff that turned out a lot like my old concepts since Gen IV. Anyways, this new Pokemon looks suspiciously similar in color scheme, proportions, etc.
Click to view.
Meus Renaissance
Member
Anyone here able to draw me some expressive cartoons characterised from portrait photos? I want to use them in a PowerPoint presentation as opposed to using the actual photos. Please PM me